New
Anthem Linestage Preamp

Quick: delete that
good phono stage from the hot-selling $1495 Anthem preamp,
and tuck the outboard power supply into the main chassis -
what do you get? The Anthem Linestage for only
$995!Anthem CD Changer

Question: Where do you look for an audiophile CD
changer?

Logic: Well, who makes the best-sounding one box
single play unit on the planet?

The $2000 Pass Aleph L preamp is a
passive/active hybrid; the active stage only kicks in if you
need a lot of gain. If you don't need all that gain and want
to get into the single-ended-solid-state glory that is Pass,
for less, consider Pass amp + Passion passive preamp = match
made in heaven!

Special: save $400
on Passion, now $1099. Save $600 on Passion if purchased
with any Pass amplifier, only $899!

New from
Pass: Aleph Ono Phono
Stage

After years of development and tweaking by ear, Pass
Labs is releasing their $2000 phono stage. This
extremely flexible unit offers balanced XLR or RCA
capability, variable gain for MC or MM, and variable
cartridge loading. Performance befits the Pass family of
state-of-the-art amps and preamps - say no more!

Whether you are using Pass components or another line
stage preamp, if you are shopping for a phono stage, here is
one for the shortlist.Attention Watt/Puppy Owners

Occasionally you
stumble upon the dream component combination that makes this
hobby so satisfying. If you own Watt/Puppies, here is the
amp of your dreams.

From Kansas City comes
the Transcendent T8 stereo and mono amps. An OTL design
incorporating some genuinely new (and patented) technology,
this is the first transformerless amp to successfully deal
with the high heat and reliability problems which had beset
earlier OTL's. Furthermore, OTL's based on the old Futterman
design typically have a terrible time driving dynamic
speakers, lacking bass and tonal richness. Not this
baby.

And get this: the
output stage is truly direct coupled - no capacitors.
There is
nothing between the speakers and the EL509 output tubes but
wire!

Heaven with the
Watt/Puppies. Or try it with Quads, or any but the toughest
speaker loads (we are talking real world speakers, not just
horns and the like). Quiet, low heat, stable: built to last
a lifetime.

Special purchase of
this under-recognized linestage preamp designed by Larry
Smith. Based on his $10K "Class A-rated" (Stereophile)
Pro-Reference III, we find this mid-priced unit to be nearly
its match. But the $2500 price is only a quarter of big
brother due to a less complex power supply, elimination of
the muting circuit, and less costly chassis construction.
You've heard of the law of diminishing returns in high end:
for a $7500 saving, who cares about the muting
circuit?

A hybrid design like
big brother: the audio signal path is all vacuum tube, with
solid state "support circuitry."

Save an
extra $1000 now through August. Supply limited.
$1495 for near state-of-the-art line stage? Grab this
one!